In the dataset, the demographic variables were coded as follows: age (range: 18-28), major (STEM = 1; non-STEM = 0), high-school GPA (hsGPA; range: 0-100), and first-year GPA of university studies (fyGPA; range 0-4; as per USA framework). 

Note: High-school GPA and first-year GPA were collected from the office of the Registar. The following scale was used for the computation of GPA: A+ (4.00), A (3.75), B+ (3.50), B (3.00), C+ (2.50), C (2.00), D+ (1.50), D (1.00), F (0.00). 

Self-report variables were coded as follows: PRMQ (range: 1-5), GAD-7 (severity items’ range: 0-3; impact range: 0-3), and GASE (range: 1-5).